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The internet comments on Aviendha’s casting sure are something. Can’t believe they’d cast a half-Irish actress for a character from a desert warrior society based on irish ethnicity.
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Avi looks good and all 3 ladies have distinct features and appearances. I like the casting.
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Apr 25, 2022 17:15
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So I’m on ToM now and Rand has become Zen Rand and lifted Cadsuane’s exile. He asks her to find somebody for him: “No, the person I want is probably somewhere in the Caralain Grass. I’ll explain more when we are not in the open.” Who is this?
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Apr 26, 2022 00:46
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I, uh.... I'm not trying to be a dick, but you keep asking questions that explicitly get addressed later in the text. Maybe read on and ask if you have questions later?
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Apr 26, 2022 00:50
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I, uh.... I'm not trying to be a dick, but you keep asking questions that explicitly get addressed later in the text. Maybe read on and ask if you have questions later? Ah yeah nevermind it was Tam. He also just outed Weiramon and Anaiyella as darkfriends just by looking at them.
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Apr 26, 2022 00:56
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Hexel posted:Ah yeah nevermind it was Tam. He also just outed Weiramon and Anaiyella as darkfriends just by looking at them. It was the king of Arad Doman if I remember correctly. The white tower had abducted him and then gotten stuck during the long winter.
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Apr 26, 2022 01:38
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Caf posted:It was the king of Arad Doman if I remember correctly. The white tower had abducted him and then gotten stuck during the long winter. Yeah this. Cads brought Tam in as a surprise to Rand, he didn't order it.
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Apr 26, 2022 01:44
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Caf posted:It was the king of Arad Doman if I remember correctly. The white tower had abducted him and then gotten stuck during the long winter. Was he the one where Graendal turned the rest of his family into a dance troupe but left him out since he wasn't hot enough?
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Apr 26, 2022 01:48
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Killer robot posted:Was he the one where Graendal turned the rest of his family into a dance troupe but left him out since he wasn't hot enough? Yep. Alsalam!
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Apr 26, 2022 02:09
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What happened to Mattin and Roedran? oh the Ghealdan ruler too. I need to reread again soon
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Apr 26, 2022 02:15
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Barreft posted:What happened to Mattin and Roedran? oh the Ghealdan ruler too. I need to reread again soon Mattin and Roedran show up at the signing of the Dragon's Peace and then vanish from the story afterward. After signing the Dragon's Peace Alliandre, the Queen of Ghealdan, leads her forces in the Last Battle and apparently survives.
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Apr 26, 2022 03:31
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I think the best pipe theory is that at that point Rand has conscious control of the Pattern and will be able to live whatever life he wants. "In TAR, as a Dreamer you can do anything you can think of. The more powerful your mind is, the more you can affect reality, to the point where even impossible things can be done. The only limits are the ones you impose upon yourself; there even balefire is 'only a weave' and can be dismissed simply by willing it to disappear. The Aiel say that living in the real world is a dream, and that when they die, they 'wake' from the dream. My theory is that when Zen Rand achieved his ultimate state of enlightenment, when he had the chance to crush the Dark One in his hand and destroy him forever - yet did not, that he came to the realization that even the real world is a Dream. Having come to that conclusion, he no longer needed things like Saidin to manipulate reality, he was beyond that. He became a master of reality like a Dreamer is a master at TAR and he could 'will' anything in or out of existence."
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Apr 26, 2022 17:42
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Democratic Pirate posted:The internet comments on Aviendha’s casting sure are something. 
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Apr 26, 2022 17:47
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th3t00t posted:This comment got a lot of upvotes on the wot subreddit. Curious if Goons find this to be a valid criticism? It is a valid criticism overall I think, the showrunners are clearly going for a diverse cast but also aren't actually thinking what roles their nonwhite actors are playing. Is it a reason to say this was a bad pick for Avienda? No. It also doesn't even mean they did a poor job with the Aiel, we've only seen two of them.
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Apr 26, 2022 19:21
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th3t00t posted:This comment got a lot of upvotes on the wot subreddit. Curious if Goons find this to be a valid criticism? Smells like concern trolling. Cast is predominantly PoC, I would guess for every single white actor you can find two PoC who match the "alignment", so to speak. Fun aside: I googled aviendha and one of the first results was how amazon was "race swapping" a character against their own policy 
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Apr 26, 2022 19:28
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th3t00t posted:This comment got a lot of upvotes on the wot subreddit. Curious if Goons find this to be a valid criticism? If you look hard enough, you'll find a negative characteristics in every character.
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Apr 26, 2022 19:57
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It seems very ex-Mormon to try to cast a ton of PoC and then make most of them villains lol.
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Apr 26, 2022 19:58
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How are u posted:It seems very ex-Mormon to try to cast a ton of PoC and then make most of them villains lol. 12 on the good side, 6 on the bad side, according to that image which I have no idea of the accuracy I'm really confused by this conversation, tbh.
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Apr 26, 2022 20:06
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ChickenWing posted:Smells like concern trolling.
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Apr 26, 2022 20:13
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Mat was easily the most negative of the Emond Fielders in the first season. The Aiel are likely to have a mix of actors in terms of race from what we have seen. I don't think this is a valid criticism. The actor playing Padan Fain was a real highlight and people watching should be able to discern actor from character.
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Apr 26, 2022 20:19
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I think the adaptation could and should get rid of racial poo poo in randland, insular communities like the aiel, or shara and the seafolk (maybe?) could be done with cultural poo poo. They're already butchering the plot enough we can just see the o.g. aiel as diverse, seafolk the same, and if we do get to the last battle shara will be in baklavas of whatever like lotr
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Apr 26, 2022 20:20
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I hope they cut out the seafolk entirely.
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Apr 26, 2022 20:26
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Why do you hate bare breasts?
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Apr 26, 2022 20:39
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th3t00t posted:This comment got a lot of upvotes on the wot subreddit. Curious if Goons find this to be a valid criticism? It's possible the first paragraph has a point, but I disagree with the second. There is a chance that they will get lazy and go with the stock stereotypes that you always get when casting any desert culture (incidentally this is the reason that while I would be stoked to see Shohreh Aghdashloo on the show, I very much hope she isn't an Aiel). Now casting a black Irish person isn't that, but there is still room for that. If it happens, I will be bummed for a minute and move on. Ultimately though, it doesn't matter if the point in the paragraph is valid or not, the volume of pushback here is already making my dog go loving nuts. That said the second paragraph is somewhere between reading way to far into things and sarcastic concern trolling. Tough to say without knowing more about the poster.
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Apr 26, 2022 21:47
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The main issue I have is that Judkins et al have clearly worked hard to produce a show with progressive and modern casting and that should be encouraged rather than nitpicking down to perceived minutiae.
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Apr 26, 2022 22:09
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Dysgenesis posted:The main issue I have is that Judkins et al have clearly worked hard to produce a show with progressive and modern casting and that should be encouraged rather than nitpicking down to perceived minutiae. i mean, you could just ignore idiots on the internet
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Apr 26, 2022 22:12
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:i mean, you could just ignore idiots on the internet How is that possible when the internet makes you stupid? There's even a website devoted to the phenomenon.
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Apr 26, 2022 22:37
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The idiots was everything we learned along the way
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Apr 26, 2022 22:38
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:i mean, you could just ignore idiots on the internet Someone literally asked for opinions in this thread. drat now I've failed to ignore your post.
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Apr 26, 2022 22:42
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rocketrobot posted:How is that possible when the internet makes you stupid? There's even a website devoted to the phenomenon.
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Apr 26, 2022 22:56
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rocketrobot posted:Sorry to self quote so soon; but, I have just discovered that the front page doesn't say that anymore. The browser tab still says it at the front page though.
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Apr 26, 2022 23:00
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rocketrobot posted:Sorry to self quote so soon; but, I have just discovered that the front page doesn't say that anymore. We still all know it in our hearts.
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Apr 26, 2022 23:03
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Dysgenesis posted:Someone literally asked for opinions in this thread. 
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Apr 26, 2022 23:07
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There a front page
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Apr 26, 2022 23:09
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Dysgenesis posted:We still all know it in our hearts. I still have the license plate frame, showing nearly 20 years of sun-bleaching... 
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Apr 26, 2022 23:46
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The sun bleaching is just representing your brain damage from being on the internet for 20 years.
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Apr 27, 2022 00:59
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:i mean, you could just ignore idiots on the internet me included, but this yes
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Apr 27, 2022 01:06
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I adore your avatar Also it bothers me that fain is in halo but not as fain because I want more fain 
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Apr 27, 2022 01:08
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Killer robot posted:The browser tab still says it at the front page though. Oh thank goodness
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I adore your avatar Fains actor is incredible. I had to choose between him and Logain
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